For today’s English lesson, we will
look at how we can use these phrases in every day English writing and conversation.
Here are
the example sentences:
Be sick (adj)
·
I am sick. Not:
I have sick.
·
John is sick
today so he is not going to school.
·
I was sick all
weekend, but I am feeling better now.
Have a cold (noun)
·
I
have a cold.
·
John had a cold
last week so he didn’t go to school.
·
I had a cold all
weekend, but I am feeling better now.
Catch a cold
·
John caught a
cold last week so he didn’t go to school.
·
I caught a cold
last weekend, but I am feeling better now.
·
If you go
outside with wet hair, you may catch a cold.
Using have:
·
I have a runny
nose.
·
I
have a headache.
·
I have a sore
throat.